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2015 Gets Funding, Founds Tornado Studios

2015, Inc. today announced that it has received several million dollars worth of funding for a new game set to be released for Christmas 2009. The developer of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Men of Valor is also forming a new division called Tornado Studios. This new Tulsa, Oklahoma company will specialize in mass market/casual gaming.

eBay Recycler Gets $6 Million in Funding

Second Rotation, which operates Gazelle.com, announced a $6 million round of funding led by RockPort Capital Partners. Second Rotation launched last year as an online exchange that purchases "pre-owned lifestyle goods" from consumers to sell on eBay in a similar model as NextWorth.com, which launched in 2006. Both companies are based in the Boston area and have benefited from buying used items such as iPods, inspecting and refurbishing them, and reselling them on sites such as eBay. Second Rotation's Series B funding includes previous investors Venrock Associates and angel investors Austin Ligon and Henry Vogel.

Applied Nanotech gets increased research funding for third phase - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (APNT.OB: News ) said Tuesday that the third phase of its research project with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan, announced on September 29, 2008, has been expanded by increasing the funding to $1.2 million from $700 thousand announced earlier. This has been done in order to accelerate the prototyping of copper inkjettable inks and product introduction.

Aberystwyth arts initiative gets funding boost

A project to build new creative arts business units at Aberystwyth University's arts centre is set to be extended after it received a funding boost from the Welsh Assembly Government.

More funds for science

Education and Science Minister Daniel Vulchev told journalists on Monday that an increase of the funding for science has been requested, BTA reports. Science funding currently stands at 0.4 per cent of GDP, and even if the percentage is preserved next year, there will be an increase of the amount of funding by 26 million - 27 million leva due to the increase of GDP, Vulchev said, presenting information on the projects which apply for the competitions of the Scientific Research Fund. At the meeting in Bansko, many voices were heard in support of increasing science funding as a percentage of GDP, Vulchev said. "I believe there will be consensus on that, and the Scientific Research Fund will be increased in nominal terms," he said. This year the money for the Fund is increased fourfold from previous years and totals 60 million leva.

Tornado clinch cricket title but focus turns to Argentina

RAIN conspired to hand Tornado the 2008 Castle Lager Super Six title on Sunday after two decisive games were washed out. Tornado’s game against last year’s champions ACC failed to take off resulting in a draw, which was just enough for them to recapture the title.

Report: Avalanche Studios To Lay Off 77 Developers

Report: Avalanche Studios To Lay Off 77 Developers [10.28.08] Avalanche Studios, the Swedish developer of Eidos Interactive’s Just Cause franchise, will lay off 77 staffers from its offices in central Stockholm, following the loss of two separate publishing contracts for other games, according to media reports.

Film Studios, RealNetworks Spar Over DVD Copier

RealNetworks and major film studios on Tuesday squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs that the studios claim is illegal.

Film studios cry foul over DVD copying product

Technology company RealNetworks and major film studios have squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs, a product that the studios claim is illegal.

38 Studios Adds Pioneer Audio Director and User Interface Designer

Maynard, MA - November 4, 2008 - 38 Studios, a pioneering entertainment company dedicated to delivering a broad spectrum of immersive products, today announced that Aubrey Hodges and Irena Pereira have joined 38 Studios as director of audio and senior UI (user interface) designer, respectively.

Film studios, RealNetworks battle over DVD copying

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Technology company RealNetworks and major film studios on Tuesday squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs that the studios claim is illegal.

Movie Studios Try To Block DVD Copying Software

RealNetworks Inc. was sued on Tuesday by Hollywood’s six major movie studios. The lawsuit is an attempt to try and block the company from distributing DVD copying software that the studios believe will allow consumers to copy DVDs outright.

Ensemble Studios news

Earlier this month, we learned the surprising news that Microsoft would be shutting down Ensemble Studios -- the venerable developer behind the long-running Age of Empires series -- after they finish work on the upcoming Halo Wars. Now, in a new blog post, Ensemble Studios boss Bruce Shelley breaks his silence and gives his take on Microsoft's decision.

Ensemble Studios' Canceled Project Was Halo MMO

simoniker writes "Following the recent announcement that Microsoft-owned Age Of Empires creator Ensemble Studios would close after the completion of Halo Wars, Gamasutra has discovered that a now-canceled Halo MMO was in development at the studio, unearthing prototype UI and level screenshots of the Ensemble-developed project. The prototype art, which was at one point made available on an Ensemble-linked online artist portfolio website, further confirms previous rumors that the studio was working on an MMO based on the Bungie-created sci-fi franchise." We discussed the future closing of Ensemble Studios a couple weeks ago. The set of pictures which seem to be screenshots and graphic models from the canceled Halo MMO has been posted on Flickr.

5 Anime Studios Sue 4 'Heavy Downloaders' in Singapore

newspaper reported last Wednesday that five Japanese anime studios are suing four allegedly unauthorized "heavy downloaders" of the studios' copyrighted material in Singapore. The local law firm Rajah & Tann filed the writs of summons on behalf of Japan's

FOG to represent Black Point Studios

Representation agency FOG Studios has signed a multi-year deal to aid outsourcer Black Point Studios' business development efforts.

THQ closes five studios

THQ has confirmed to GameSpot that it has closed five of its studios and laid off staff at both Rainbow Studios and Juice Games.

Nifty may see 3600 levels if 3750 gets breached: Rajat Bose

believes that if the July low of 3,790 gets broken then there is a minor support at 3,750-3,755 and if that gets broken then we will head towards the 3,600 zone. He hopes that those levels are not reached today.

Foundation Center Focuses on Funding for the Arts All Month Long

New York, NY — October 13, 2008. Throughout October, the Foundation Center is offering special events, classes, and web resources aimed at helping artists and nonprofit arts organizations become better grantseekers and increase their funding. At all five Center locations — Atlanta, Cleveland, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC — participants can network with fellow artists and colleagues, discover fundraising strategies, and gain insight into what's happening in the local arts funding community.

How To Kill an Open Source Project With New Funding

mir42 writes "The OpenSource multimedia authorware project Sophie, formerly hosted by USC Los Angeles, may just have been killed by new funding. The original funding organization, Mellon Foundation, approved a grant to redevelop the four year project from scratch in Java. The grant was awarded to a Bulgarian company based on their proposal, which is simply an exact description, including the UI and the artwork, of the current Sophie. Being an OpenSource project, this isn't strictly illegal, but let's say, not nice and definitely not innovative, coming from a former sub-sub-contractor on the project. Some of the original, now laid-off developers started OpenSophie.org trying to salvage the project. As the current version is still somewhat buggy and slow, it might just be enough to alienate all potential users of Sophie to the point that no

Federal Reserve And Other Central Banks Announce Further Measures To Provide Broad Access To Liquidity And Funding To Financial Institutions

In order to provide broad access to liquidity and funding to financial institutions, the Bank of England (BoE), the European Central Bank (ECB), the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank (SNB) are jointly announcing further measures to improve liquidity in short-term U.S. dollar funding markets.

University of Minnesota receives $16.8 miilion renewed funding for its materials research center

(Nanowerk News) The University of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center announced today that it has received $16.8 million in renewed funding over the next six years from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The University of Minnesota is one of only 14 other universities nationwide, including MIT and Harvard, to be chosen to receive NSF funding this year for a materials research center.

Students Design-Build LEED Platinum Art Center for Tornado Ravaged Town

A team of 22 third-year architectural students, led by professor Dan Rockhill of the University of Kansas, have completed an ambitious project to design and build a LEED Platinum arts center for the tornado devastated town of Greensburg, Kansas. Ninety-five percent of Greensburg was wiped off the map in May of 2007 by an unprecedented EF-5 tornado, displacing 1,400 residents and liquidating the town’s infrastructure.

QuantumSphere Gets Funding for Methanol Fuel Cell Technology

QuantumSphere, Inc., a developer of advanced catalyst materials, high performance electrodes, and related technologies and systems for portable power and clean-energy applications, today announced that it has been awarded a grant by the United States Army for the development of advanced fuel cell technology that improves efficiency, integration and portability and reduces costs for portable power applications.

Nanotechnology gets funding boost

President Mahmoud Abbas along with leading advisers to President-elect Obama, say the peace process demands the incoming president's immediate attention. After six years the Arab League plan is finally gaining traction.

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